शुक्लपक्षस्य पूर्वाह्णे प्रशस्ते चोत्तरायणे । गत्वारण्यं नियमवांस्तपः कुर्यात्समाहितः
In the bright fortnight, during the forenoon, and in the auspicious northern course of the sun, one should go to the forest, self-restrained, and practice austerity with concentration.
फलमूलानि पूतानि नित्यमाहारमाहरेत् । यदाहारो भवेत्तेन पूजयेत्पितृदेवताः
One should always take pure fruits and roots as food; with whatever food is obtained, one should worship the ancestors and the gods.
पूजयेदतिथिं नित्यं स्नात्वा चाभ्यर्चयेत्सुरान् । गृहादादाय चाश्नीयादष्टौ ग्रासान्समाहितः
One should daily honor the guest, bathe, and then worship the gods; after bringing food from the house, one should eat, mindfully, eight mouthfuls.
जटाश्च बिभृयान्नित्यं नखरोमाणि नोत्सृजेत् । स्वाध्यायं सर्वथा कुर्यान्नियच्छेद्वाचमन्यतः
One should always keep matted hair, not cut nails or hair, always perform self-study, and restrain speech in every way.
अग्निहोत्रं च जुहुयात्पंचयज्ञान्समाचरेत् । उत्पन्नैर्विविधैर्मेध्यैः शाकमूलफलेन वा
One should offer the agnihotra and perform the five sacrifices, using various pure vegetables, roots, or fruits that have arisen.
चीरवासा भवेन्नित्यं स्नायात्त्रिषवणं शुचिः । सर्वभूतानुकंपश्च प्रतिग्रहविवर्जितः
One should always wear bark garments, bathe three times a day, remain pure, be compassionate to all beings, and avoid accepting gifts.
दर्शेन पौर्णमासेन यजेत नियतं द्विजः । ऋत्विष्ट्याग्रयणे चैव चातुर्मास्यानि कारयेत्
A twice-born should regularly perform the new and full moon sacrifices, as well as the seasonal and four-monthly rites, with the prescribed offerings.
उत्तरायणं च क्रमशो दक्षिणायनमेव च । वासंतशारदैर्मेद्ध्यैरुत्पन्नैः स्वयमाहृतैः
During the northern and southern courses of the sun, one should use what is produced in spring and autumn, pure and self-gathered.
पुरोडाशांश्चरूंश्चैव विधिवन्निर्वपेत्पृथक् । देवताभ्यः पितृभ्यश्च दत्त्वा मेध्यतरं हविः
One should properly offer separately the sacrificial cakes and oblations, giving the purest portion as an offering to the gods and ancestors.
शेषं समुपभुंजीत लवणं च स्वयंकृतम् । वर्ज्जयेन्मद्यमांसानि भौमानि कवकानि च
One should partake of the remainder, and use only salt prepared by oneself; one must avoid wine, meat, foods grown in the ground, and mushrooms.
भूस्तृणं शष्पकं चैव श्लेष्मातक फलानि च । न फालकृष्टमश्नीयादुत्सृष्टमपि केनचित्
One should not eat earth, grass, or moss, nor the fruits of the śleṣmātaka tree; one should not eat what has been plowed or what has been discarded by anyone.
न ग्रामजातान्यार्तोपि पुष्पाणि च फलानि च । श्रावणेनैव विधिना वह्निं परिचरेत्सदा
Even in distress, one should not eat flowers or fruits grown in villages; one should always tend the fire according to the prescribed method in the month of Śrāvaṇa.
न द्रुह्येत्सर्वभूतानि निर्द्वंद्वो निर्भयो भवेत् । न नक्तं किंचिदश्नीयाद्रात्रौ ध्यानपरो भवेत्
One should not harm any beings, remain free from dualities and fear; one should not eat anything at night, and should be devoted to meditation during the night.
जितेंद्रियो जितक्रोधस्तत्त्वज्ञानविचिंतकः । ब्रह्मचारी भवेन्नित्यं न पत्नीमपि संश्रयेत्
One should be self-controlled, free from anger, intent on contemplating true knowledge, always celibate, and not even approach one's wife.
यस्तु पत्न्या वनं गत्वा मैथुनं कामतश्चरेत् । तद्व्रतं तस्य लुप्येत प्रायश्चित्तीयते द्विजः
But if one goes to the forest with his wife and engages in sexual union out of desire, his vow is broken and the twice-born must perform expiation.
तत्र यो जायते गर्भो न स स्पृश्यो द्विजातिभिः । न हि वेदेधिकारोस्य तद्वंशेप्येवमेव हि
A child conceived there is not to be touched by the twice-born; for he has no right to Vedic study, nor do his descendants.
भूमौ शयीत सततं सावित्रीजप्यतत्परः । शरण्यः सर्वभूतानां सद्विभागपरः सदा
One should always sleep on the ground, be devoted to reciting the Sāvitrī, be a refuge for all beings, and always intent on proper distribution.
परिवादं मृषावादं निद्रालस्ये च वर्जयेत् । एकाग्निरनिकेतः स्यात्प्रोक्षितां भूमिमाश्रयेत्
One should avoid slander, false speech, sleepiness, and laziness; one should have a single fire, no fixed dwelling, and reside on purified ground.
मृगैः सह चरेद्दांतस्तैः सहैव च संवसेत् । शिलायां शर्करायां वा शयीत सुसमाहितः
He should move about with wild animals and dwell together with them; he should sleep attentively on a stone or gravel.
सद्यः प्रक्षालको वा स्यान्माससंचयिकोपि वा । षण्मासनिचयो वापि समानिचय एव वा
He may be one who washes immediately, or who accumulates for a month, or who accumulates for six months, or who accumulates for a year.
नक्तं चान्नं समश्नीयाद्दिवा चाहृत्य शक्तितः । चतुर्थकालको वा स्यात्किं वाप्यष्टमकालिकः
He should eat food at night, or gather it during the day according to his ability; he may eat at the fourth time, or even at the eighth time.
चांद्रायणविधानैर्वा शुक्लेकृष्णे च वर्जयेत् । पक्षेपक्षे समश्नीयाद्यवागूं क्वथितां सकृत्
Or, by the rules of the Cāndrāyaṇa vow, he should abstain during the bright and dark fortnights; in each fortnight, he should eat cooked barley gruel once.
पुष्पमूलफलैर्वापि केवलैर्वर्तयेत्सदा । स्वाभाविकैः स्वयंशीर्णैर्वैखानसमते स्थितः
He may subsist always on only flowers, roots, and fruits; on those naturally fallen by themselves, established in the Vaikhānasa practice.
भूमौ वा परिवर्तेत तिष्ठेद्वा प्रपदैर्दिनम् । स्थानासनाभ्यां विहरेन्न क्वचिद्धैर्य्यमुत्सृजेत्
He may roll on the ground or stand throughout the day on his toes; he should wander by standing and sitting, never abandoning patience anywhere.
ग्रीष्मे पंचतपाश्च स्याद्वर्षास्वभ्रावकाशिकः । आर्द्रवासाश्च हेमंते क्रमशो वर्द्धयेत्तपः
In summer, he should perform the five-fire austerity; in the rainy season, he should dwell in caves; in winter, he should wear wet garments, gradually increasing his austerity.
उपस्पृशेत्त्रिषवणं पितृदेवांश्च तर्पयेत् । एकपादेन तिष्ठेत मरीचिं वा पिबेत्सदा
He should bathe three times daily and offer oblations to ancestors and gods; he should stand on one foot or always drink sunlight.
पंचाग्निधूमगो वा स्यादूष्मगः सोमपोपि वा । पयः पिबेच्छुक्लपक्षे कृष्णपक्षे तु गोमयम्
He may be one who is enveloped by the smoke of five fires, or who eats heated food, or who drinks Soma; he should drink milk in the bright fortnight, and cow dung in the dark fortnight.
शीर्णपर्णाशनो वा स्यात्कृच्छ्रैर्वा वर्तयेत्सदा । योगाभ्यासरतश्च स्याद्रुद्राध्यायी भवेत्सदा
He may eat dried leaves, or always live by difficult austerities; he should be devoted to the practice of yoga and always recite the Rudra hymn.
अथर्वशिरसोध्येता वेदांताभ्यासतत्परः । यमान्सेवेत सततं नियमांश्चाप्यतंद्रितः
He should study the Atharvaśiras and be devoted to the practice of Vedānta; he should always observe the restraints and diligently practice the observances.
अथ चाग्नीन्समारोप्य स्वात्मनि ध्यानतत्परः
Then, having placed the fires within himself, he should be devoted to meditation.